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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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